monday is waking up disappointed. >> that would be chuck bell but plenty ofnow did come down in other places. >> it i 5:00 a.m. right now. the snow was enough to cancel some schools in our warea. >> tther is causing a number of school closings and delays.rt we'll s in virginia for you. now calvert county and st. mary's county schls are closed today. ti melissa has an eye on the traffic siton this morning. >> let's start with chuck bell to see what we c expect for e beginning of the work week. >> that snowstorm system for tho hern most tier of the news 4 nation ended up with quite a bit of ridge maryland, 6 inches of snow.

5. park hall 5.5 inches but the farther south you went the more snow there was. 10 inches there and wintergreen ski resort, 10 inches of snow. bout as far north as fredericksburg and springfield but around the city here, noth ag. i didn't s flake yesterday. 33 now in washington. but way below freezing. a cold start. watch out. just assume that it is ice. the cold will stick around in a few more days. melissa, good morning.

>> gu.d morning to i like the nice, dry roads at least here this morning. looking good. no problems. evything rolli along typically. inner loop and outerloop of the beltway, no major issues either. 66 and 95 virginia. no problems. southbound 95, do see a little delay. don't have a report of anything but cou be late clearing road work there as well.ri north of littlr turnpike, lanes blocked there from downed wires. probably 7:00 a.m. before it's d completely cle out of the way. >> thank you. this just into our news com, charlenty schools in maryland are opening two hours late today. our team coverage continues with the winter weather in virginia. >> nicol o has been the roads

for us in fredricksburg. what are y d seeingn there? >> the one thing about snow is that as it's falling and it's white and fluffy it's pretty. but when the temperatures start to wdrop, that'sn it's getting even moredangous. this is the downtown area because the roads are flushy and icy. this is one o the roads that's been well treated. we're told by police that the si rds are even worse than this. so definitely something you want to be minuul of if have to go out on the roa today. we're told up until the midnight hours there were several calls for crashes. that has slowed now that most people are off the roads and side their homes. if you do have to go out, it's

icy and slushy but good news is the school is closed for this area. make sure that you give plenty of extra time. be careful. >> we continue our team coverage of this weather now in prince william county. >> prince william county public schools are closed today because of the weather. justin, good morning. >> good morning. seeing a lot more traffic on the ngs here this morning, loo here as you can see, looking pretty clear for the most part. again, more cars beginning to come on to the road. but we are seeing wet spots on the road that may be slick. a warning to take it easy this

morning. make sure that you clear off all the snow off of your car.se ng that fly off of vehiclesy as the make their way by this morning. you'll want to take it slow especially on sidewalks, drive ways, surfaces that may not be quite as treated so far. they may look snowy but there can be ice and you don't want to fall aurt yourself on that. a lot o aas will be not quite as clear as if your side streets and drive ways and parking lots will be treacherous this morning. so keep tha in line as well. justin finch, news 4. justin.k you, >> now during the worst partthf storm, police responded. you're looking at one of those involving sta troopers.

the first one happened on i-81 north. th vehicle hit the trooper's cruiser. the trooper and the driver were not abinjured. t 20 minutes later on 95 south in hanover county, the vehicle slammed into the back of the trooper's car. he was taken to th with minor injuries. >> the storm that hit us, dumped several feet of snow, ice, a freezing rain on much of the south. take a look at what happened in north carolina. you can see theix dangerous blanketed roads, trees and brought down power lines. >> it's an early snow. more snow in one day than we normally get the entire year. >> north rolina's governor has declared a state of emergency. >> news 4 will be tracking roa conditions for you all morning. keep it here for another update on what the winter weather system is doing for your commute and for up to the minute uptes, open our nbc washington app. >> road crews are reopening the arliamton memorial d to

traffic. that shutdown schedule said the bridge should have just reopened a few minutes ago at 5:00. crews spent the weekend working on one of the center archways. work wilil last u 21. >> also metro's yellow line trains are opening again this morning. >> crews replaced cracked and crumbling concrete during the shutdown. it's cfled one the worst in the metro system. >> today sentencing begins for the man convicted of dri car into a group of counter protestors at a unite the right rally last year. he was one of the white ationalists protesting the removal of a confederate statue in august of 2017. on friday, fields was found guilty of ramming his car into the crowd and killing her. f heaces 20 years to life in

prison for murder charge. >> also today, father vazquez is expected to appear in court. he's accused of abusing a child nside a church northwest d.c. the abuse happened in 2015 when she was 1 years old. court documents suggest there may be other victims. vazquez worked at the shrine of theacd heart in 2014. >> police are investigating a dog attack involvingne of their own k-9 dogs. she was walking her dog when she saw a lot of police cars. moments ler a k-9 dog latched on to her leg and she was not able to free herself. >> i was terrified, honestly. i've never had a bad encounter with a dog, ever.

>> she suffered serious cuts to r hands as she tried to pry open the dog's. ja eventually the dog let go. she was taken to the hospital where she received 21 stitches. police tell us the dog has been taken out of active service as a y ecaution while t investigate. >> 9 minutes after the hour, happening today at howard univsity, a coach with plenty of pro experience is set to take on the bison program. the schoolri introduced rone as the new head coach today. he's coming from remichigan. be that he held several coaching positions with the detroit lions, the indianapolis colts and the jacksonville jaguars. he takes over for mike london that left howard to coach at the college of william & mary. >> the redskins are waking another new quarterback. >> you know we don't try to say it's over until it's over buts mant feeling like it after this game. after one of the worst home losses in franchise history,

sherry tells us more about this game from fedex field. >> one of the worst defeats of th season could n come at a worst time for the redskins. a 40-16 loss to the giants pushes them furtherhe out of playoff picture and gives f s a new name to learn at first quarter, sanchez pass ipped and intercepted by reilly. the skins gave up 43 points in the first half alone. the te's new starting quarterback tew for one touchdown and ran for another. but an overall performance to forget. >> one of those big thick paddles andot we put to the backside pretty good. that's what happened. >> what happens next is the redskins taking their fourthst ting quarterback of the year to jacksonville to try to snap their four game losing akst

>> a virginia teacher may head to court to get his job thback. dispute is over how he referred to a transgender student. >> thercresident is sng for a new chief of staff. details on who may be replacing john kelly. >> some kids don't haveor to about the school day forecast area st around the d.c. and points north and west will be going to school today. bundle up, it's. co a sub freezing start today. plenty of sunshine but not much of a warm up. you'll need your scarf ander wioat and sunglasses. temperatures near 40. the daily grade is a b plus. more aut any refreeze bo you know when you're at ross

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arlington county police need help findingt a person t attacked a woman saturday evening. >> the man stabbed the woman and then bolted. surveillance video captured this image. take a look. the attack happened on fort myer drive in arlington. the woman was walking in the area when the suspectulled out a knife and stabbed her. the victim is in stable >> political backlash at a virginia school. the superintendent says h refused to use a transgender student's preferreddentity pronoun. this happened in westpoint in october. the principal put him on administrative leave. when heur rd the principal said he was insubordinate and continued using the incorrt pronoun. and he was fired. >> totally happy to use the name, the new name. i' happy to avoid female

pronouns so as not to offend. m not here to provoke. >> that was discriminatory cause all the other students were being used pronouns, but this student was not being used pronoun. >> the teacher says he is ass hs assessin options on how to proceed including circuit court. >> the man widely expected to take over as white house chief of staff says he will not accept the job. ayer wanted it to be temporary and the president tanted a year commitment. he already has plans to move back in george to be back with his family. this weekend, mr. trump announced that white house chief of staff john kelly would be leaving by the end of the year. >> a top democrat on the house judiciary committee says president trump could be

impeached. new york democratic congressman jerry ernadl says if president trump ordered illegal hush money payments to women during the 2016 campaign,hat could be grounds for impeachment. in legal filings, prosecutors tied the president to a federal crime. mr. trump denied wrong doing. we'll have more on what this could mean for the president later this hour. >> virgin's attorney general is eyeing the governor's office. he told the washing n post he lans to run for governor in 2021. he became attorney general in 2014 and easily won r election layear. it's now 5:17. a million wreaths will be placed on the graves of our fallen heros at arlington national cemetery. wreaths across america captured this video of a ceremony yesterday in columbia falls maine. volunteers loaded the wreaths on to tractor-trailers and that convoy of trucks is making thee 740 m journey to arlington. they will arrive on saturday.

now to see the beautiful wreaths during the sson it's truly a beautiful sit. one of the highlights of coming to this area. >> the dedication to gout ere and this is a way ofng sahank you. >> it might not be the best weekend but they'll do it. >> it'sostly just a rain issue. not ate snow chance unfortu or fortunately, depending on how you view snow chances. i know you'reot reall a fan, but at least she'll like a little snow now and then. >> if we're going toet it all of it at once and then have it go away. >> absolutely. let her rip. the more the merrier. we will be back to sunshine toda a lot of melting and a refreeze

tonight. so this morning and again torrow morning, your friendly reminder, if it looks wet, it's probably ice thismorning. snowfall amounts were quite impressive. south of washington, i didn't even see a flake yesterday inside the beltway and there's still plenty of snow downo the south. if you're traveling today, south of richmond and down into parts of north carolina, it's going to be slow going. th is a 1 hour radar loop and notice here, it never really made it here into the washington area. this goes back to yesterday afternoon. snow just dow to the southnd moving ever farther away. that's the trend. north wind is in place. 's pushing all the moisture and the snow chances even farther down to our south today. it is a cold start. that's not the wind chill. that's the temperature. it's 33 in washington and 29n fredericksburg where there is no school today. gethat complet and always

updated list of school closings. the latest, charles county maryland, 2 hour delay. but plenty of sunshine for today. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. more melting and sunine for tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. highs in the 40s all week. our next storm that arrives on friday and goeske into the w will be a rainstorm. charles county here you can till see the snow on the grassy areas thismorning. most of our roads are looking pretty good at this point even if you d the snow. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems. inbound s5, we'll slow heading into town because of road work there. otherwise l.king go vienna, eastbound dulles toll road. 95 southbound after quantico still have the slow down. braddock road, lanes still

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into the present oriented chemicals and that can actually feel like a crash. >> for most folks it's okay to say bahumbug to the holidays. >> people that had a maj depressive issue in the past have a vulnerability and holiday blues could tip them over into another episode. that's when it gets dangerous. >> if it's starting to interfere with yr ability to work and interact with loved ones, then that's a sign there might b a problem. >> it's hard to pull out of a funk, but not ibimpo. >> you'll be saying what's the point. i'm tired. i don't want to go out t this party. the most important thing is to try to push through that because it willelp you feel better, being with other people. >> talk to friends, face to face, snuggle with your dog. and mor than anything, get lots of hugs. >> they lea to a symphony of chemical release of happy chemicals. if you have the holiday blues, hugging is a very good idea.

>> that holds true no matter what time of the year. >> good morning, everybody. we're in storm team 4 weather alert for you this morningf because the slushiness and slipperiness, but on monday it's always most important to know w what tkend is going to look like. this coming weekend we'll be starting with rain and it will rain with temperatures in the 50s. a lot of spots are belo freezing this morning. an update on today's forecast coming up. a we areeeping an eye on how the snowstorm impacted us here. these are live pictures from ic fredburg now. we're also tracking multiple schoollosures and road conditions. >> plus moving on, john kelly is stepping down from his jobit as house chief of staff but who will take his place? news 4 today will be right backw stayh us. your time is 5:26. when a new breast cancer patient comes to cancer

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virginia. prince williamcounty. stafford, king george, page, culpepper, all of those public schools and fredericksburg city schools are closed. >> snow and the ice are really impacting areas of virginia. news 4 was there this weekend watching asshe flake accumulated into inches and roads became pretty slick.in justin will join us with a look at conditions. >> first let's c start withhuck latestking a look at the in what we can expect today. >> good morning. this southern snowstorm provided snow really just from the southern most tier of our

listening and viewing area. and it would be above freezing so the meltdown willake place very quickly. if you're traveling today, utpecially if you're flying and going in and of raleigh and charlotte, there could be some significant airport delays to our south. around here, skies will clearing out. it's a cold morning. 15 degrees right now in martinsburg, west virginia. chili here. chili woue love weather l this. go to humane rescue alliance.

tempeatures today up in 40s with the sunshine. >> looking forward to it. ryou can see thed looks okay being treated and plowed over the past day or so. we do have a lot of that snow still hanging around. braddock road near little river turnpike. we had a crash overnight there. vienna eastbound toll road near hunter mill. disabled vehicle there blocking a lane. 66 and 95 not looking too bad. inner loop and outerloop of the beltway also rolling along nicely. we're working to learn more overnighat caused an accident on the suitland parkway. two men were in a car that went off the road. one of themhe died and second was taken to the hospital. roads reopened a short time ago.

>> we have your team coverage of the latest round of winter weather. >> nicole, what are you seeing down there? >> a major difference from what we saw about 15 or 20 minutes ago in fredericksburg. we're now in chancellorsville. a look at the roads right now. this is one of theoa side we have been hearing about this morning that quite honestly have not well bee treated. you can see a lot of slush, a lot of snow build up and some packed ice i would say on the roadways here. we did see a plow0 truck or 30 seconds ago behind us on nine mile roads so perhaps making their way here to delmar court as well. this is something you want to be mindful . we did take route 3.

smooth going there with a few icy spots. we also saw a few abanned vehicles on the side of the road. >> back to you. >> thank you. we continue our team coverage of thisinr weather in prince william county. justin finch is live now, what e you seeing? >> well, at this point, conditions here arew still be freezing so we're seeing a lot of this on the roadways and sidewalks here. that is ice. a lot of it looks more like this. behindhis here and parking lot as you can see, the snow is there. and the ice is underneath it.

he liked wha s he but his concern now is about his fellow drivers on the road. >> i love it. got tbe careful. don't think because you have a big truck -- you never know. >> we arehi hearing morning from some drivers that they're finding roads that look a bit like this. icy and problematic d tove on. you may see this this morning. your main roadsee we've so far are looking clear but side streets can cause isss and remember if you see a wet spot on the road, slow down, and go some extra time into your commute here this morning. >> justin, thank you. >> 5:35. here's our other top stories this morning. metro's yellow line reopens this

morning. crews replaced cracked and crumbling concrete on the bridge over the potomac river. that stretch of track is called one of worst in the system. >> a tacoma park woman is covering after she was bitten by a police dog. she was walking her dog tuesday morning near the intersection of carol and maple when the dog latched on to her leg. she needed 21 stitches to close her wounds. the dog was taken out of acte service as a precaution while they investigate. >> virginia wonth choose a governor until 2021 but already a candidate has thrown h into the ring. herring told the washington post he plans torun. he became attorney general in 2014 and easily won re-election last year. >> just a terrie sunday for the skins. the team fell to the new york giants. the giants, 40 of 16. mark sanchez serving as back up

quarterback and jordan reid had to leave early because of a foo injury. >> where do you go after the emergency guys? >> everyonesinjured. we need a back up to the back up. >> you're in. >> put me in, coach. that would be comical at the least. >> could be good to watch. >> right. >> 5:37 right no still ahead this morning, a shake up for president trump'sb t. chief of staff john kelly is leaving. >> how the announcement is being received and who may replace him. plus a meteor fell over

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it did not hit anything as far as we know. meteors often burn up and vaporize as they enter the earth's atmosphere. >> that's cool. space international station is enjoying holiday decorations of its own. crew members received a special delivery over the weekend. >> cargo filledas with chris goods arrived on saturday along with gifts and food. it rb retuwill be returned to e january. >> public schools in virginia will open two hours late today. fears that the snow may turn into ice.

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>> the majority o the weather was to the south of us but many school our area decided to iaose. prince wi stafford county, king george, page, culpepper county and fredericksburg city schools. >> calvert a count st. mary's public schools will close. charles county will open 2 hours late today.

>> president donald j. trump. >> president trump received a warm reception at l financial field over the weekend. this was the first time he attended the army a nery game as president. he helped with the c an flip then watched army best navy 17-10. >> tranwhile, an adminion shake up back here in washington. chief of staff john kelly will stepown from his position at the end of this year. the big question this morning, who wil take kelly's place. >> several names have been tossed around but the man considered theront runner also said this weekend he was leaving the administration. >> good morning. w>> kelly supposed to announce today he was stepping down at the end of the year. headade that announcement of time on saturday. the president had his sights on nick ayers.

until he turned down the job saying he didn't want to stay as long as the president would have liked. he was going to be leaving and others saying he wasn't ready for the challenges that the white hoe chief of staff brings. so now it's onward to another choice and here's a couple of names. according to sources talking to nbc news, a treasur secretary and also the acting attorney general matt whitaker is on the list. there's other names that's also very fluid. anything can change with this administration. the president tweeting last night he is right now interviewing some very great people and he will have a decision soon. back to you. >> live for us on capitol hill. susan, thank you. >> 13 before the hour now and former fbi directo james comey spoke out about the on going russia investigation during a weekend interview. this was his first public appearance before testifying before the house judiciary and

oversite committee. she asked comey if he believes president trump is the ct unin co-conspirator named in the indictment against michael cohen. i the president of the united states right now an unindicted co-conspirator? >> i don't know. not in the formal sense that he's been named in an indictment where you can say this defendant named others or others by pseudonym conspired together and that's how you formally name someone as an unindicted co-conspirator but if he's not there, he's clo given t language in the filing that the crimes were committed at his direction. e wallace also asks if regrets his handling of the e-mail investigation. he reopened that investigation days before electioay in 2016.

he did not regret it but did not feel good about how i was handled. >> today more than 200 faith leaders are expected to arrive at the u.s.-mexico border in san diego. the group plans to voice support for the migrant caravan from central america. demonstrators want the u.s. to show compassion t anyone seeking refuge. the event has been organized by a quaker organization that helped migrants and refugees for more than 100 years. today fbi agents in new york city will continue their inkestigation into a w shooting in brooklyn. on saturday, an agent was set wh performing surveillance. this aappened durin drug investigation. two people in a car opened fire vehicle.ents both were arrested a few hours later. the agent is expected to be okay. >> over the weekend one of china's top tech executives was arrested in canada.

chinese leaders told the u.s. ambassador that t u.s. will sufferqurave conseences if she is not released. howard county maryland asking a federal judge to step in regarding a petition against the faa. residents say the noise around bwi airport is unbearable. wtop reports a new air traffic control system calls fortolanes ly lower. that system saves fuel and money, buttincreases the noise around surrounding neighborhoods. back in july, the fountyed the petition but the agency didn't take any action. the faa is reviewing that petition and will decide what to do next. >> 5:50 now. chuck bell joins us once again to talk about this really cold weather. snow to the south of us.

>> the snow totals have been ratherim essive. wintergreen, virginia, snow reso out in the valley was the big winner at 21 inches of snow. not far from there, charlottesville had a solid 10 inches on the ground.ri e, maryland, 6 inches. another big threat for ice tomorrow morning. we'll probably have to be weather alert on tuesday morning as well for the possibilityerf some slippery conditions. it's t melting and refreezing that will cause trouble. if you're traveling together, south of roanoke, down into parts of north carolina, still very cold and unsettled weather there. temperatures to get you out the door o your monday morning, 25 now in montgomery county.

19 in warren county virginia. planning out the day today, the good news is we'llntave p of sunshine. the bad news is we won't warm up a lot. most areas today in the upper 30s and low 40s across the area but tomorrow morning a serious refreeze threat. don't be surprised to see more delays or cancellations for schools tseorrow morning bec of slippery side road possibilities. if you have any great pictures of the snow that yougot, send it to me on twitter. i'm happy to retweet tha out to give everybody an idea of how much snow there was for those that were lucky enough or unlucky enough to get any.th e's our ten day forecast. dry weather for today, tomorrow, wednesday, and thursdayto the next that rolls in here for friday and saturday will be a rain maker, not a snow maker with temperatures up close to 50 degrees. a closer look at today hour by hour coming uput for now let's go to first four traffic. >> good morning, right now chopper 4 on the way re.

all lanes blocked there and now we hav twhe wires across the roadways. 208 year plbotation. wed lanes shutdown now because of a crash, eastbound not effected. inner loop and outer loop at tay belt looking good at this point but as you're headed southbound here 295, near pennsylvania avenue, left lane is the only thing getting by the wo y zone and can see those delays as you're headed inbound this morning. travel times in maryland, 270 looks good. so does the top of the beltway, our loop, 95 northbound looking pretty good. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> good morning, i'm frank hollandt cnbc business headquaters. the ride share race is on to become a publicly traded stock.

uber filed paperwork for an initial public offering tak og step closer to a key milestone for one of the biggest tech giants in the silicon valley. this m com one dayfter lyft filed similar paperwork. putting them in a heat to be the first ride sharing company to trade publicly. according to its filing, uber could goon public as s the first quarter of next year. those are your cnbc business headlines. back to you. >> a lot of people are going to jump on that. thank you, sir. 5:54. two weeks to go until christmas. if you're behind on shopping, alis is usuly the time that people run up the most debt. financial experts say there's a tendency for people to get caught up in the shopping spirit d no one knows this better than major retailers. it's suggested that y stay away from brick and mortar stores and keep your credit card in yourwallet.

56 million people go into debt during the holidays each year. it's estimated that 25% ofhe population is still paying off bills from last christs. that's a lot of money. >> that is. and you have to buy more on top of that. >> spreading that cheer is sot importor some people. the warnings about holiday overspending come out on a big shopping day. >> today is green monday. that's a term coined by ebay to day of's biggest sales the year. today is the day shoppers try to get all of their orders in so they arrive by christmas morning. you can seeou another of sales offerings. this is typically the third da behind black f and cyber monday. >> people that sell stuff want to coin the terms soe have a theme so we feel like this is a thing and we need to participate. >> or we're actually saving

money when some of the deals come laterth on i season. >> i'm telling you. >> good luck. be smart. the morning commute is much less complicated thanks to road crews on a busy bridge. an update on the reopening. >> a jury convicted a whiteis supremt of murdering a woman in last year's charlottesville rally but the courts aren't done with him yet. find out what's coming upn this case still ahead on news 4 today.

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an embarrassment at home. one of the worst home games ever for the skins and the team lost much more than just the agame. >> live look outside here. the snow has already moved out. anybody here i district that was hoping for snow on this monday, you will be waking up disappointed. but plentyf snow did come down in other places. chuck was oidisaed. not so much for us. >> good morning. >> coming upn 6:00 a.m. now on this monday morning. the snow was enough to cancel school in some places. >> a nber of schoo delays and

closings. in virginia, prince william county, stafford, king georgege culpepr, fauquier and fredericksburg city schools closed. calvert county and st. mary's county public schools are closed today. charles county public schools will start two hours late today. the full listing of closings and delays on the bottom of the screen ightnow. they're also available on our p. >> let's start with chuck bell to see what we can expect for the week ahead. >> good morning, everybody. monday morning and almost everybody around the d.c. metro area saying what snowstorm. it w piling up fast and furious. these are totals well down to our south. linville, north carolina. 18no inches of boone, north carolina, 16 inches.